Channeling Jose Gonzales and Nick Drake, and inspired into being by the 2010 Folk and Roots Fest, Evil Tents' John Isberg and Nathan Westerman translate their musical roots in electronica and rock (Reds, the Firebird Band, The Blackouts, The Most) into delicately riveting acoustic landscapes of flat lost highways at night, private firecracker shows, and decidedly midwestern life, longing, and loneliness. The band features Isberg on guitar, harmonica, synth, and vocals, Westerman on drums, Isaac Arms on bass, and Aron Stromberg on electric guitar and synth, and hails proudly from Champaign-Urbana.
Evil Tents
Friday late night Nov 4
Midnight-1am, Iron Post
Free with Festival wristband